An innovative "hybrid" surveillance strategy - highlighted by close cooperation between public health officials and clinical partners - helped Virginia mount an efficient and effective response to the ongoing outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections, according to a report in the...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cautioned doctors and hospital staff on Monday about a nationwide recall of all medications made by a New Jersey compounding pharmacy because of a potential mold contamination. The recalled medications from Med Prep Consulting Inc. included many pain...
If only this would make a dent in the ridiculously played out bacon trend that refuses to die: An*Consumer Reports*pork investigation found that this little piggy could make you seriously ill. Well over half of the pork chops and ground pork samples the group tested were*contaminated with high...
As if thousands of people through the Northeast don't have enough destruction to deal with from Hurricane Sandy, now many residents in New York and New Jersey alone are having to deal with another dangerous--and possibly deadly--issue: contaminated water that is loaded with sewage, bacteria and...
Modern cancer therapies start in cells - researchers compare cancer samples to healthy cells to discover how cancer is genetically different, and use cell lines to test promising new drugs. However, a University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Gynecologic Oncology shows...
A shipment of 1,700 children's shoes containing three times the acceptable levels of lead was stopped last week by Customs officers at the Port of Seattle. The shoes, which were on their way from China, were headed to a local distributor, and would have ended up on store shelves. More »Post...
A small cluster of unusual illnesses at a Colorado children's hospital prompted an investigation that swiftly identified alcohol prep pads contaminated with Bacillus cereus bacteria, according to a report in the July issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the...
If you are due for an ultrasound, make sure the gel being used is not contaminated by bacteria. The FDA just instructed U.S. Marshals to raid a New Jersey plant that produces ultrasound transmission gel after they found it contained a dangerous bacteria. More »Post from: Blisstree | Nutrition...
While you're proudly toting your canvas "I'm Not A Plastic Bag" shopper up and down the aisles, you may want to pick up some laundry detergent, too--because that bag might be harboring more than just organic veggies. You may also be carrying around a major food safety concern. More »Post from...
A new study on the smokeless tobacco product called moist snuff placed between lip and gum - has led scientists in Minnesota to urge the tobacco industry to change manufacturing practices to reduce snuff's content of carcinogens. Their study is published online in ACS' monthly journal Chemical...
FDA issues contaminated cheese warning
If you've purchased Queso Fresco Fresh Cheese Mexican style soft cheese or any Queso Cotija Molido Mexican style grated cheese, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urges you to not eat these products, and to*discard them immediately. These products...
New York Times: Private auditor failed to detect contaminated peanut products
Our in-box continues to be flooded with notices from the Food and Drug Administration recalling more and more products made with peanuts implicated in what is now one of the largest food-borne illness outbreaks...
You place the fish in a tank full of clean water, and several days later you measure the concentration of toxin in the fish. Draw graphs to predict how the amount of toxin (y-axis) changed over time (x-axis) in the fish (graph 1 and 3) and the tank (graph 2 and 4) if:
a)The toxin is water...